A high-throughput technique to quantify pathogens’ virulence on the insect model Galleria mellonella
Abstract
We combined spectrophotometry and an original statistical approach to infer bacteria virulence, using the lepidoptera Galleria mellonella as a host model. With this method, it is possible to use a microplate reader to automatize data collection on both pathogens multiplication and host survival on batches of 96 samples.
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